Haiti: Port-au-Prince in “state of siege”, the American embassy evacuates part of its staff. The American army carried out the operation overnight from Saturday to Sunday by helicopter.
“This airlift of personnel to and from the embassy is part of our planned procedures to strengthen embassy security,” the US military said in a statement on Sunday. According to the IOM, 362,000 people - more than half of whom are children - are currently displaced in Haiti, a figure which has jumped 15% since the start of the year.